Driver Loses Control On Wet R.737, Is Hurt Albany Township

July 23, 1996|The Morning Call

A Lansford woman was injured in Albany Township, Berks County, yesterday when her car slid on the wet roadway and crashed, state police at Hamburg said.

Paula Ann Gottschall, 35, of 838 E. Patterson St., was traveling north on Route 737 at 12:50 p.m. when she lost control on the wet roadway around a sharp right hand curve. Her car struck the guardrails on the road's east side, then crossed the road, where it came to rest, police said.

She was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, by Northwestern Berks Ambulance, where a spokeswoman said yesterday she was being evaluated.